INCREDIBLE REPORTS OF DAMAGE HAVE BEEN COMING INTO THE NEWSPLEX ALL NIGHT LONG. ONE OF THE WORST HOMES WE'VE SEEN HIT HERE IN THE METRO IS OUT IN ELKHORN... K-E-T-V NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S DAVID EARL BEGINS OUR STORM TEAM LIVE COVERAGE... GOOD MORNING DAVID... GOOD MORNING ALEX ... YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE THE OF THE NEIGHBORS RUSHING IN AND OUT OF THIS HOUSE TRYING THE FAMILY HERE -- ABOUT 20 OR 30 OF THOSE NEIGHBORS, IN FACT. THEY WERE TAKING OUT THE MOMENTOS -- AND THE VALUABLES: THE CHINA -- THE SILVER. BECAUSE AS SOON AS THE ROOF WAS OPEN TO THE ELEMENTS. WHILE THE HOME IS STILL STANDING -- ALL THE WATER DAMAGE FROM LOSING THE ROOF WILL SURELY MAKE THIS A COSTLY REPAIR. THE HOMEOWNER EVEN TELLING US HE THINKS IT'S A TOTAL LOSS. CLIFF GOING TO BE BAD -- WHEN HE HEARD THE SOUND OF A FREIGHT TRAIN.(we were underneath the front step in kind of a little bomb shelter area and just incredible noise and I just just thought it was our deck blown off the deck it was 80, 90 mph winds probably ) IN FACT THE WIND WAS SO HERE -- THE DEBRIS DAMAGED ANOTHER NEARBY HOME. THAT HOMEOWNER TELLING US FOR THE MOST PART EVERYTHING IS OK -- BUT HE NOW HAS A SKYLIGHT HE DIDN'T WANT IN BATHROOMS. WE'RE LIVE IN ELKHORN. DAVID EARL. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN. JOHN AND ALEX -- BACK TO YOU. DAVID EARL, THANKS. MORE DAMAGE IN OMAHA--- A TREE CAUSES TROUBLE NEAR 36TH AND SHEFFIELD. STRONG, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS WOMAN'S HOME. INSIDE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE PART OF THE BRANCH PUNCHED THROUGH THE CEILING. CORY REEVE SAYS THEY WERE WATCHING THE STORM COVERAGE.... WHEN THEY REALIZED IT WAS áRIGHT ON TOP OF THEM.( Cory Reeve: "Just a loud bang thought it was the thunder. And we didn't think anything of it but then I walk in the room and there's drywall all over the floor and then I see basically a branch running down the wall and there's water.It's pretty bad.") CORY AND HIS GRANDMOTHER ARE OKAY ... HE SAYS THERE'S NOT MUCH HE CAN DO ABOUT THE BRANCH UNTIL ITS SAFE TO GO ON THE ROOF. THIS MORNING...YOU MAY FIND SOME CHALLENGES AS SOON AS YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR. WE HAVE CREWS THROUGHOUT THE METRO TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT ON YOUR COMMUTE TO SCHOOL OR WORK. OUR TEAM COVERAGE CONTINUES WITH K-E-T-V NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S CHINH DOAN LIVE IN MILLARD. GOOD MORNING CHINH. GOOD MORNING. THE FIRST PROBLEM FOR SOME PEOPLE AS THEY LEAVE HOME FOR THE DAY... TREES AND OTHER DEBRIS BLOCKING THE DRIVE WAY. WE ARE JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM MILLARD SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF STONY BROOK. THE RESIDENTS HERE CAME HOME TO THIS ... STRONG WINDS SPILT THEIR TRANSPORATION.(TODD HALL: in there somewhere is our alantra sedan and you can see our pick up is mostly covered but not totally) TODD HALL AND HIS FAMILY THOUGHT THEIR VEHICLES WERE STOLEN WHEN THEY CAME HOME AROUND 9 LAST NIGHT . THEIR NEIGHBORS SAY THEY DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING - LIKE A LIGHTNING STRIKE OR THE TREE FALLING. BUT THE DEBRIS BLOCKED THEIR GARAGE AND NEARLY ALL DOORS..SO THEY COULDN'T EVEN GET INSIDE. BUT THEY WERE FINALLY ABLE TO GET IN THROUGH THE BACK DOOR AND LUCKILY... SAW MINIMUM DAMAGE INSIDE. NOW THAT'S WHAT IT MAY LOOK LIKE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WEST OF THE METRO. CLOSER TO MIDTOWN AND DOWNTOWN AREAS, THE STORM CAUSED LESS DAMAGE.. BUT YOU MAY BE DEALING WITH PROBLEM AREAS LIKE THIS ONE NEAR FONTENNELE AND FOWLER. TREE BRANCHES AND THE DEBRIS IN THE STREETS, GETTING IN THE WAY OF DRIVERS. TREES LIKE THESE FALLING ON POWER LINES LEFT QUITE A OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS. MORE THAN 20-THOUSAND CUSTOMERS IN THE OMAHA AND COUNCIL BLUFFS METRO. SO YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO CHECK YOUR CLOCKS THIS MORNING. WE'RE LIVE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 149TH STREET DOAN KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN. CHINH DOAN, THANKS. (line)(line) K-E-T-V NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S DAVE ROBERTS HAS MORE. Dave Roberts: tornadoes left the town of Beaver Crossing in shreds.Most of the population has been evacuated to Utica where they are staying the night inside of a school. Meanwhile business owners in the downtown area are doing what they can to board up and try to keep people out what's left of their businesses.EJ Potter/Business Owner: Yeah the roof was behind that other building Dave Roberts: around town, trees have been shredded by the high winds, some people saying as much as three tornadoes came here through town like fingers of God ripping trees apart and laying them on top of houses.EJ Potter/Business Owner: yeah I don't know really what's, I know this building's a loss, because the bricks are all loose from when the roof got ripped up.Dave Roberts: it's been a very difficult day here in this whole area, even in the town of Friend there's been damage as well. Some of the tornadoes also in this area caused multiple power outages even in places like this they're having a difficult time trying to clean up and board overnight because there's not a lot of light because there's still no power. Of course we'll stay in touch with people here at Beaver Crossing and bring you the latest on the cleanup and recovery efforts. In Beaver Crossing, Dave Roberts, KETV NewsWatch 7. A DOWNED TREE TAKES OUT A GAS LINE IN ELKHORN... AS M-U-D CREWS ARE CALLED THERE THE INITIAL STORM MOVED THROUGH JUST BEFORE SEVEN- THIRTY. PEOPLE NEARBY SAY THEY HEARD A LOUD BOOM .. BUT IT WASN'N.UNTIL THEY WENT OUTSIDE AND SAW THE TREE THAT THEY SMELLED GAS.(patrick Hastings, "MUD couldn't get to the main source, but they just found it and were able to get it capped. So they got the gas turned off to our house so we're able to stay in our house tonight.") PATRICK HASTINGS SAYS HE'S THANKFUL THE TREE DIDN'T HIT ANY HOUSES. M-U-D CREWS CONTAINED THE LEAK SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVING ON SCENE. AN ELKHORN BUSINESS EXTENDS ITS HOURS TO HELP PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THE STORM. KEEP THE STORE OPEN UNTIL EIGHT. SUNDAY NIGHT, IT LEFT ITS DOORS UNLOCKED TO SUPPLY THOSE IN NEED.(amanda Eby, "seeing all the damage that the community endured, we decided to stay open. We'll stay open as long as the customers need us to stay open") PLENTY OF PEOPLE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE STORE'S EXTENDED HOURS. WE SAW SOME CUSTOMERS AS THE RAIN CONTINUED TO COME DOWN. THE STORM KEPT MOVING THROUGH THE METRO AREA... AND EAST INTO IOWA. WHERE THE DAMAGE CONTINUED. THE STORM STRUCK THE TOWN OF PANORA IN GUTHRIE COUNTY, IOWA AFTER TEN LAST NIGHT. OUR TELLS US THERE IS SERIOUS DAMAGE ALONG NEARBY LAKE PANORAMA---- LAKE FRONT CONDOS AND OUTBUILDINGS ALL STRUCK BY THE STORM. THERE ARE NO REPORTS OF ANY INJURIES. ME OROLOGIST MATT SERWE IS BACK WITH YOUR "OUT THE

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